The Avengers #256 [Direct]
(June 1985)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.65 USD; 0.75 CAD; 0.30 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1985-02-19
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Howard Mackie (assistant editor); Mark Gruenwald (editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #66.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

...Into The Savage Land! (Table of Contents)

The Avengers / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Buscema (signed)
Inks
Tom Palmer (signed)
Colors
Christie Scheele ?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
the Avengers [the Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Hercules; Starfox; the Wasp]
Reprints
Keywords
Savage Land

Indexer Notes

New cover logo by reader Steven Bove (basic idea) and Mike Higgins (modifications).

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This Power Unleashed! (Table of Contents: 1)

The Avengers / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Roger Stern
Pencils
John Buscema (breakdowns)
Inks
Tom Palmer (finishes)
Colors
Christie Scheele
Letters
Jim Novak
Genre
superhero
Characters
Apollo; the Avengers [the Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]; Hercules; the Scarlet Witch (flashback); Starfox; the Vision (flashback); the Wasp]; Dr. Hopper; Dr. Smythe; Edwin Jarvis; Ka-Zar; Levan; Skunge; Terminus; Zabu
Synopsis
Terminus invades the Savage Land and begins destroying the entire area.
Reprints
Keywords
Savage Land

Indexer Notes

Hercules wears a new costume designed by John Byrne.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Avengers Assemble! / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters on The Avengers #250; Question of the Month "Of all the work you've done for Marvel, which is your favorite?" asked to Stern, Buscema, Palmer, Novak, Scheele, Gruenwald and Shooter; Special Announcements Section. Letters from Sheila Garrison, Jeff Wagner, Michael J. Copeland, Jon Miles, Elizabeth Sawolkin

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ...Into The Savage Land!
    The Avengers
  2. 1. This Power Unleashed!
    The Avengers
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Avengers Assemble!
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